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What makes Assassination Rogue Special

Fantasy: One of the favorite tools of the assassin is a pair of daggers coated with vicious poisons. The damage they inflict is deceiving at first—the initial wounds often seem survivable, even superficial. Then the toxins set about their business. Wounds don’t close, and blood loss continues unabated. Assassins begin their work stealthily, choosing their targets and methods of engagement carefully—but once committed to a course of action, they stick to their target until the job is done rather than disappearing into the shadows to avoid their quarry’s blows.

Resources: Assassination Rogues consume Energy to build Combo Points in order to use their finishers on their foes.

Defensive Cooldowns: Rogues can use to reduce area damage taken, and to prevent physical and magical damage and heal themselves with .

: Rogues can blend into the shadows, leaving them mostly undetectable to friends and foes, allowing them to sneak past enemies and easily start surprise attacks. Some abilities, like and and only usable while .

Mobility: , which is baseline for all rogues. If talented into , also provides a movement speed increase.

Damage Cooldowns: - Marks an enemy, increasing the damage you deal to it and making it visible through concealment effects.

Artifact Weapon: ordered the to be made for his personal asssassin, . It is said that the daggers are fed by blood and inflict traceless poison, leaving little sign of their grim work. Numerous died to them under Garona's grip, including the Stormwind's King Llane.

Armor: Agility Leather

Strengths: Specializes in single target damage.

Flavor:

Obtained via Pickpocketing:

- Added in Warlords, used to buy cool items like and .

- Added in Legion, used to buy cool items like and .

Reputation with , via . Faction required for .

- Allows access to his Vault, which allow you to get items like and .

Dices

from Wrath of the Lich King Human, Gnome and Dwarven humanoids.

from Wrath of the Lich King Troll and Vrykul humanoids.

from Cataclysm humanoids.

Rogues also have access to , which used to be a profession, but now just scales with your level.